David Hall

Background

Hall, David was born on December 16, 1916 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of Fairfax and Eleanor Rayburn (Remy) Hall.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1939; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1940-1941.

Career

Advertising copy writer, Columbia Records, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1940-1942; music program annotator, NBC, New York City, 1942-1948; classics music director, Mercury Record Corporation, New York City, 1948-1956; music editor, Stereo Review, New York City, 1957-1962; contributing editor, Stereo Review, New York City, 1962-1998; president, Composers Recording, Inc., New York City, 1963-1967; curator, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound., New York Public Library, New York City, 1967-1983; consultant, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound., New York Public Library, New York City, 1983-1985. Director Music Center American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York City, 1950-1957. Fulbright visiting scholar Copenhagen U., 1956-1957.

Free-lance writer, lecturer. Classical recordings consultant, since 1967. Member Common for the White House Record Library., 1979.

Achievements

• David Hall has been listed as a notable Sound archivist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Wilton library association, Connecticut, 1975-1979. Member National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences (trustee 1965-1967), National Music Council (director 1968-1980), Association for Recorded Sound Collections (president 1980-1982).

Connections

Married, June 8, 1940 (widowed March 24, 1992). Children: Marion Hall Hunt, Jonathan, Peter, Susannah.

Father:

Fairfax Hall

Mother:

Eleanor Rayburn (Remy) Hall

child:

Susannah Hall

child:

Peter Hall

child:

Marion Hall Hunt Hall

child:

Jonathan Hall